NOAA NCEI Climate Normals 1991–2020

Nevada Weather by Month

Temperature, rain and the hurricane season at 22 Nevada stations, month by month.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated October 26, 2026

The median station records 8.2 inches of precipitation a year; Dagget Pass, NV records the most, 21.9 inches, and Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV the least, 3.9 (5.6 times as much). July is the hottest month at the median station (average high 93°F); the hottest July is at Overton, NV, 109°F. December is the coldest (average low 23°F); the coldest December nights are at Ruth, NV, 7°F. Highs reach 90°F on 65 days a year at the median station and on 160 at Overton, NV, the most. Snowfall is heaviest at Ruth, NV, 63.9 inches a year; 2 of the 17 stations that measure snow average less than half an inch.

This page compares the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals of 22 Nevada weather stations, each the nearest station with full normals to at least one of the 32 Nevada cities on this site that have one within 25 miles.

At the median station, January is the wettest month (1.0 inches) and August the driest (0.3). Station by station, the wettest month is January at 8, May at 7 and February at 5 of the 22, and the driest July at 7, August at 6 and June at 4. The gap between the wettest and driest station is widest in December: 3.8 inches.

Month by month across Nevada

Nevada climate normals by month: median of 22 stations and the station at each extreme
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Hottest days	Coldest nights	Wettest	Driest
Jan	46	24	1.0	Overton, NV62°	Ruth, NV9°	Dagget Pass, NV3.8"	Hawthorne, NV0.4"
Feb	51	27	0.9	Overton, NV67°	Ruth, NV12°	Dagget Pass, NV3.5"	Hawthorne, NV0.4"
Mar	59	32	0.9	Overton, NV75°	Ruth, NV19°	Dagget Pass, NV3.6"	Las Vegas Mccarran Airport, NV0.4"
Apr	64	36	0.5	Overton, NV83°	Ruth, NV24°	Dagget Pass, NV1.3"	Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV0.2"
May	74	44	0.6	Overton, NV93°	Ruth, NV32°	Ruth, NV1.5"	Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV0.1"
Jun	84	50	0.4	Overton, NV104°	S Fk State Rec Area, NV39°	Elko NWS Office, NV0.9"	Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV0.0"
Jul	93	57	0.3	Overton, NV109°	S Fk State Rec Area, NV46°	Ruth, NV1.0"	Fallon Naas, NV0.1"
Aug	91	54	0.3	Overton, NV107°	S Fk State Rec Area, NV44°	Ruth, NV0.7"	Carson City, NV0.1"
Sep	83	47	0.3	Overton, NV100°	S Fk State Rec Area, NV35°	Ruth, NV1.0"	Hawthorne, NV0.1"
Oct	70	36	0.6	Overton, NV86°	Ruth, NV25°	Ruth, NV1.1"	Lahontan Dam, NV0.3"
Nov	56	28	0.7	Overton, NV71°	Ruth, NV16°	Dagget Pass, NV1.8"	Pahrump 4 NW, NV0.2"
Dec	46	23	1.0	Overton, NV61°	Ruth, NV7°	Dagget Pass, NV4.0"	Hawthorne, NV0.2"

High, low and precipitation are the median of the 22 stations; the station columns name the station with the highest average high, the lowest average low, and the most and least precipitation that month, each linked to the city page it serves. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Nevada cities and their stations

Nevada city pages with the normals of their nearest station
City	Station	Miles	Hottest month high °F	Coldest month low °F	Year precip. in
Las Vegas	Las Vegas Mccarran Airport, NV	5	105	40	4.2
North Las Vegas	Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV	6	104	38	3.9

All Nevada cities and their storm history →

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